Major SQL Server 2000 Worm Hits The Web
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Because of failure to apply existing SQL Server 2000 patch which Microsoft posted last July, a number of database servers across the Web backbone were attacked by a virus-like worm on Saturday morning. BetaNews reports that a number of the major Internet service providers began blocking the worm by mid-morning, but UUNet was still reporting major problems. There's more coverage of the worm on eWeek (complete with a story as to why the virus has been dubbed the "SQL Slammer" and on Steven Bink's site, too. |
